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Eavesdropping on the Gold Rush
Mon., Jan. 13, 2020J. Goldsborough Bruff was a cartographer who got gold fever and went west to California in 1849. Like most everyone else, he found no gold, but he left behind something truly unique. And one hundred years ago Henry Huntington acquired it for the library.
The 'Huntington's 100th' Rose
Thu., Jan. 9, 2020Rose hybridizer Tom Carruth, the E. L. and Ruth B. Shannon Curator of the Rose Collections at The Huntington, discusses how he developed his newest floribunda, ‘Huntington’s 100th’, named in honor of the institution’s Centennial Celebration.
Counterfeiting Science: The Uses of Evidence in the Newton-Leibniz Priority Dispute
Wed., Jan. 8, 2020Rob Iliffe, professor of the history of science at the University of Oxford, discusses two little-known documents that reveal how Isaac Newton’s approach to prosecuting contemporary counterfeiters as a warden of the Royal Mint was closely related to his strategy for revealing the corruption of Christianity.
President’s Series: Octavia E. Butler’s Parables: A Music Talk with Toshi Reagon
Tue., Jan. 7, 2020Toshi Reagon, acclaimed composer and lyricist, discusses her operatic adaption of Octavia E. Butler’s science fiction novel Parable of the Sower with special guests. Presented in association with UCLA’s Center for the Art of Performance.
